Alumni Issue
THE PUP TENT
NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE, ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO June 15, 1938
Forty Years of Progress Represented in the
Success of the 1938 N.M.M.L Commencement
Commencement is the season for
summing up the year’s activities and
the term, “most successful year” is
heard often. It is right and fitting
that this should be, for the improve­ments
made year by year are repre­sented
in the growth and improvement
of the succeeding sessions. Each year
should be a more successful one than
the preceding ones. The 1938 Com­mencement
marks the close of the
At the graduation ceremonies on
Tuesday morning, Governor Clyde
Tingley presented diplomas to eighty-four
graduates. One hundred one
cadets received High School certifi­cates.
The Governor, the Board of
Regents, The Superintendent and
other Institute officials sat on the
platform.
The disciplinary record for the
year again showed improvement.
fprtieth year t)f the lnstitutei'^asd««te«wta»«nty
can truly be said to have been the
best to date. This issue records many
of the outstanding accomplishments.
Some of the greatest gains were made
individually, and many cadets know
for themselves progress that is never
formally recorded. Each one knows
in his conscience whether or not he
has made the grade, and can bear
testimony to these words of the Com­mencement
speaker: “the only ap­plause
worth winning in life is a cur­tain
call you honestly can give your­self.”
The Class of 1938 was a good one,
and a class the Institute has held in
high regard.

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Each one knows
in his conscience whether or not he
has made the grade, and can bear
testimony to these words of the Com­mencement
speaker: “the only ap­plause
worth winning in life is a cur­tain
call you honestly can give your­self.”
The Class of 1938 was a good one,
and a class the Institute has held in
high regard. The members were men
well known; thirty-six of them had
been enrolled three years or longer,
and the leaders were tested and tried.
The Institute authorities are proud to
have these young men join the ranks
of the alumni, and bring the total
number of graduates of New Mexico
Military Institute to one thousand
three hundred thirty-five.
ports; two hundred forty-eight re­ceived
zero demerits, with a grade of
“A” in deportment. Seventy-three
men in the Junior College earned
Certificates of Excellenece for ac­ademic
work of superior quality, and
the number of Certificates awarded
them was one hundred seventy-one.
In the High School division, ninety-one
cadets earned two hundred twelve
Certificates of Excellence certifying
to superior work in subjects in which
they were enrolled.
Academic Honors for the year 1938
were earned by the following men:
Junior College
First Class: Whitman, J. F.;
Dakin, C.; Smith, C., Jr.; Botts, C. M.,
Jr.; Picard, R. S.
Second Class: Wunderlich, F. W.;
Stolaroff, M.; Scott, S. M.; Zirker,
R. D.; Adkins, H. L., Russell, J. H.,
Towers, R. M., tied.
High School
Third Class: Boyce, F. C.; John­son,
W. R.; Lindsay, J. R.; Johnson,
C. E.; Simmons, F. F.
Fourth Class: Hodges, R. H.;
Richardson, B.; Grimaud, H. J.;
Greer, N. C.; Bailey, R. F.

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Second Class: Wunderlich, F. W.;
Stolaroff, M.; Scott, S. M.; Zirker,
R. D.; Adkins, H. L., Russell, J. H.,
Towers, R. M., tied.
High School
Third Class: Boyce, F. C.; John­son,
W. R.; Lindsay, J. R.; Johnson,
C. E.; Simmons, F. F.
Fourth Class: Hodges, R. H.;
Richardson, B.; Grimaud, H. J.;
Greer, N. C.; Bailey, R. F., Jr.
Fifth Class: Grad, C. F.; Donovan,
J. J.; Walker, G. P.; Garbrecht, L.,
Jr.; Mclnnis, N. P.
The graduation ceremonies opened
in the traditional manner with the
playing of the Star Spangled Banner
of Captain Jack Fletcher. The audi­ence
stood to receive the graduating
class, and Dr. Austin D. Crile, In­stitute
Chaplain, made the invocation.
Dempster MacMurphy, ’15, made a
splendid address to the graduates,
saying in conclusion: “Whatever you
have learned here, whatever you have
failed to learn, the spirit of the Corps
has carved into your hearts and minds
contempt for fear. Guard well that
contempt. Gentlemen, and keep it.
Then, though you lose everything else
in life, you still will win.” The com­plete
address will be found on page
three.
Colonel Pearson announced the fol­lowing
honors and distinctions and
pi'esented all of them except the Mac-
Murphy Prize, which was presented
by the donor: Alumni Scholarship;
New Mexico Military Institute
Scholarships; The William McDonald
Spencer Memorial Scholarship; The
Herman Fleishman Scholarship; The
J. Ross Thomas Medals; The Ruppert'
Award; and The MacMurphy Prize.
The names and pictures of these
winners are given elsewhere in this
issue.
Major John E.

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he donor: Alumni Scholarship;
New Mexico Military Institute
Scholarships; The William McDonald
Spencer Memorial Scholarship; The
Herman Fleishman Scholarship; The
J. Ross Thomas Medals; The Ruppert'
Award; and The MacMurphy Prize.
The names and pictures of these
winners are given elsewhere in this
issue.
Major John E. Selby, Professor of
Military Science and Tactics, present­ed
Commissions and Certificates of
Eligibility to the following graduates
of the Institute and of the R.O.T.C.
who will become Second Lieutenants
in the Officers’ Reserve Corps;
Second Lieutenants, Cavalry, Of­ficers’
Reserve Corps, upon grad­uation:
Warren A. Minton, of Washington,
D. C.
Arthur T. Ratcliffe, of Terre
Haute, Indiana.
Cadets who Received Certificates of
Eligibility for Commissions upon
Graduation, and who will receive
their Commissions upon attaining
their majority:
Joe P. Barron, of Dallas, Texas.
Less H. Bates, of Carlsbad, New
Mexico.
Harry G. Black, of Galveston,
Texas.
Walter H. Boyd, of Long Beach,
California.
Raymond Burton, of Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
Russell Callan, Jr., of Menard,
Texas.
James L. Cloman, of Carlsbad,
New Mexico.
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To the Alumni of New Mexico Military Institute
We herewith present to you our report of the Commencement activities and in a measure our report of the past year’s work.

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To the Alumni of New Mexico Military Institute
We herewith present to you our report of the Commencement activities and in a measure our report of the past year’s work. It has been
an unusually successful year from every standpoint.
We were greatly pleased to have so many of our alumni and friends with us during the Commencement activities. We are sorry that all
of you could not.be present to enjoy with us Dempster MacMurphy’s splendid address to the graduating class and the colorful activities presented
by the cadets.
If any of your friends or acquaintances are planning to enter the Institute next fall, they should submit their applications at an early date.
I do believe that we will find it necessary to close our enrolment on or before July 1.
With best wishes, I am
Most sincerely yours,
D. C. Pearson,
Superintendent.

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